Comments on: Frequently Asked Questions

By: Jax Bartram

Jax Bartram — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:38:00 +0000

Just think of a short, unique term and put a # sign in front – then tell the audience to always include this in their tweets.

Thats it!

By: Jax Bartram

Jax Bartram — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:35:58 +0000

I love these tools but the text on the Feedback slide is a bit small for the audience to read – and the tweets rarely fill the whole speech bubble – is there a way of upping the font size?

By: Kathy Sage

Kathy Sage — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:15:49 +0000

Okay, I’m a newbie with Twitter. I have a Twitter account, but I can’t figure out how to assign a “search term” so my seminar attendees can tweet during my seminar. Please stop laughing and point me the right direction Thanks

By: Shawn Urban

Shawn Urban — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:33:20 +0000

Hi Timo,

Just to let your readers and you know, the PowerPoint Twitter Tools do not work in OpenOffice Presentation after all yet. I thought they just might due to OpenOffice’s use of Java. I had to try.

Thanks, Shawn

By: Shawn Urban

Shawn Urban — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:49:17 +0000

Hi Timo,

Actually, I was thinking about OpenOffice in Windows. I think what I’ll do is download your package and see how it works. If it does, I will comment back and let you know.

Thanks, Shawn

By: Timo Elliott

Timo Elliott — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:45:13 +0000

Sorry about the delay — wasn’t part of the functionality. I’ve introduced a new version with default on, which should work for you… http://timoelliott.com/blog/docs/powerpoint_twitter_ticker_bar_on.swf?keyword=test&locked=1

By: Timo Elliott

Timo Elliott — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:15:45 +0000

Shawn,

Sadly, no — at least the last time I tested (which was last year, admittedly) — the tools are done in Flash, embedded in a slide. In theory, the Windows version of Office PowerPoint is “supposed” to support this (Apple hates Flash, no “embedding” possible), but I couldn’t get it to work…

Regards,
Timo

By: Shawn Urban

Shawn Urban — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 06:45:36 +0000

Hi Timo,

Since these tools can be used in Office PowerPoint, can they also be used in OpenOffice Presentation, which supposedly is cross-compatible with PowerPoint?

Thanks.

By: Geert Meyns

Geert Meyns — Tue, 10 May 2011 16:31:01 +0000

I used
http://sapweb20.com/blog/ppttools/powerpoint_twitter_ticker_bar.swf?keyword=#IBM100BNL&locked=1
But I still need to push the red button.
What am I missing? I do not see a command to enable automatically the twitter bar.

By: Timo Elliott

Timo Elliott — Tue, 10 May 2011 15:50:18 +0000

Yes -- see here: http://www.sapweb20.com/blog/powerpoint-twitter-tools/instructions/#advanced